The team at Western Farms hopes to make industrial hemp easier for local producers to add to their crop line up.
Industrial hemp is used for a variety of products from CBD oil and health foods to paper, textiles and biodegradable plastics.
Currently, the Western Farms had 750 hemp plants in three varieties that are well-known for their high production levels and the success other growers have had with the plants. A partnership with the University of Nebraska Extension will involve cross-breeding plants to further develop plants with traits that would work well in the panhandle.
The focus at Western Farms is the seed. Industrial hemp has a 90-100 day growing period and when the current growing cycle ends in January, they expect to harvest 15 million seeds, according to P.J. Hoehn, the company’s president.
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